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Name

ora_bind — Binds a PHP variable to an Oracle parameter.

Synopsis

bool ora_bind(cursor, variable, name, length[, type]); resource cursor: Cursor handle string variable: PHP variable name string name: SQL Parameter int length: Length int type (optional): Type

Returns

TRUE on success; FALSE on failure

Description

This function binds the named PHP variable with a SQL parameter. ora_bind() must be called before ora_exec() but after ora_parse() to bind a SQL statement to a PHP variable, which can then be executed. One benefit of this restriction is that strings are correctly handled, so quoting is not required and stored procedures can also be accessed.

The name parameter must be in the form ":name" - note the colon. With the optional type parameter, you can define whether name is for input or output. A value of 1 indicates in, while a value of 2 indicates out. The default is 0, indicating in and out.

Note

As of versions 3.0 and 4.0

Note

As of PHP 3.0.1, you can use the constants ORA_BIND_INOUT, ORA_BIND_IN, and ORA_BIND_OUT instead of the numbers for the type parameter.

Example

Example 876. Example

// connect
if (!$db = ora_logon("dev@ORCL","dev")) {
   $error = ora_error();
   printf("There was an error connecting. Error was: %s", $error);
   die();
}

$curs = ora_open($db);

// insert the string into the table
$field = "John Smith";

// parse and bind the column value
ora_parse($curs, "INSER INTO phone_numbers (name) values (:afield)");
ora_bind($curs, "field", ":afield", 20, ORA_BIND_INOUT);

// execute the query
ora_exec($curs);

// close the cursor
ora_close($curs)

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